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E. Grant Gibbons

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20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I was about to say good morning, Mr. Speaker, but . . .
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I will just move straight to the—
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. Mr. Speaker, with the Governor’s recommendation and in accordance with section 36(3) of the Bermuda Constitution, I move that consideration be given to draft regulations entitled the Casino Gaming (General Reserve and Casino Taxes) Regulations 2017, proposed to be made by the Minister respons ible for Gaming under the provisions of section 144 and 196 of the Casino Gaming …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker .
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, point of order.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is reflecting on a debate which refers to a different set of regulations than we are dealing with right now.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, point of order.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member continues to reflect on a different debate— Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: No, I am talking about t onight’s regulation!
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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He was referring to you made a casting vote. You did not make a casting vote on this set of regulations. It was on a different set of regulations, which the Member is reflecting on.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, I thank the Honourable Members for their contribution. I think they have made a number of points. I am sure the substantive Minister will certainly hear about them and hopefully will take some of them on board. Mr. Speaker, I think Honourable Member s have obviously gone away from the particular set of …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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No, I do not think that there was. There was — [Inaudible interjections]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes. So, I do not want to go all over the place. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to assure Members of the House that I did have a very careful look at Hansard in terms of what was said last time and I went back and I checked with the, basically, the Commission, and I was informed that …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, or Madam Acting Speaker. I guess it is either one this morning.
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I rise this morning to ask that congratulations be sent to the Chief Exec utive Officer and the Board of Qatar Reinsurance Company. They opened their new office in Belvedere Place yesterday. And the Premier and I were both there. This is exactly the ki nd of insurance/ reinsurance entity that we are very interested in in Bermuda. They started …
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with the Governor’s recommendation, and in accordance with section 36(3) of the Bermuda Constitution, I have the honour to attach and submit for the consideration of the Honourable House of Assembly the Electricity (Regulatory Authority Fees) Regulations 2017 proposed to be made by the Minister for Energy for the purpose of establishing regul atory …
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move that the Bill entitled the Registrar of Companies (Compliance Measures) Act 2017 be now read a second time.
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to introduce the Bill entitled the Registrar of Companies (Compliance Measures) Act Bermuda House of Assembly 2017 which seeks to increase the Registrar of Companies monitoring and enforcement powers in respect of registered entities that operate in and from within Bermuda in order to protect Bermuda’s overall OECD (and that is, as Honourable …
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Honourable Member for his support. He is right, it is quite straight forward 1180 13 March 20 17 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly and it is simply a matter of Bermuda making sure it is in compliance with what is seen to be required of us by sup ranational …
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, based on, I guess, a nod I got from the Opposition spokesperson, Mr. Furbert, I would like to move all of the clauses here, which are 1 through 21, and then I will speak to the clauses. You will be pleased to know there are no amendments that we wish to make.
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Clause 1 provides that this Bill shall be cited as the Registrar of Companies (Compliance Measures) Act 2017. Clause 2 provides definition of terms that appear within the legislation to aid in the interpretation of the provisions of the Act. Clauses 3 through 9 of the Bill set out the scope of the Registrar’s powers and …